Description
Wondering how to keep in touch with the children you teach this summer? Are you looking for something to give to families before they head off on summer vacation? Look no further—Shine has you covered with our “On the Go with God” Summer Fun Kit!
This kit is a perfect companion to Shine’s new “Follow the Peace Path” Peace with God Cards for families. Blend your own creativity with these fun ideas and activity pages to create kits that will delight children and their families all summer long. This digital kit includes instructions for building the kits (also below); a kit sticker template; an “On the Go with God” Booklet with instructions, everyday prayers, prayer practices, and journaling prompts for parents; fun activity pages for children; and a list of suggested items to include (also below). The digital kit includes permission to reproduce the contents for families within your church’s circle of ministry.
“Follow the Peace Path” Cards are sold separately. Once you purchase this kit and enough “Follow the Peace Path” Peace with God card decks for each family in your congregation, you’re ready to create customized kits full of summer fun for families. Include your own invitation to special summer events and a Sunday School Kick-off in late summer.
The “On the Go with God” Summer Fun Kit is a digital only product and includes the following:
- “Kit Sticker” Template
- “Save-the-Date Sunday School Kick-Off” Invitation Template
- “On the Go with God” Booklet (5.5” x 8.5” folded, 8 pages)
- Letter to parents and caregivers
- Everyday prayers
- Prayer practice suggestions for mealtime, bedtime, and anytime
- Journaling page for parents
- Activity Pages
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- “Grow in Faith” Bingo
- Prayer Cube
- DIY Prayer Path
- Pocket Prayers
Shine: Living in God’s Light—preparing children, youth, congregations and families to love Jesus, grow in faith, change the world.
After checkout, you will be redirected to a webpage with links to each digital product you purchased. You can also access your digital purchases by signing into the Shine website and clicking DOWNLOADS (see image below). This digital product is in a zip folder; click if you need instructions for how to unzip a zip folder. If you have any trouble downloading the files, contact Customer Service.
Packaging Instructions and Ideas for Church Leaders:
- Create a kit for each family using a gift or pizza box. Print the stickers and place one on each kit.
- Reproduce the booklet for each family and enough activity pages for each child in the family to have one. You can choose to print in grayscale, if you don’t have access to a color printer.
- Customize your own Sunday School Kick-Off Invitation.
- Along with the booklet and activity pages, consider filling the kits with some or all of these items:
- “Follow the Peace Path” Peace with God Cards – available in the Shine webstore
- Instructions for “Follow the Peace Path” Peace with God Cards (included in digital kit)
- Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
- Beach ball
- Prayer blanket – hand towel or small blanket
- Bubbles
- Glow sticks
- Magnifying glass
- “Save-the-Date Sunday School Kick-Off” Invitation
- Your church’s event announcements
